Varanasi panchang, 26 April 2028
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 06:03 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 18:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:03 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:33
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:07 Moon enters Taurus
- 13:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:25 to 05:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 01:47 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 06:56 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 09:04
- Karana Balava until 13:49, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:07 Moon enters Taurus
- 13:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:33
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:26 – 06:56
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 03:58 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:26 – 01:47 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:56 – 05:25 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:56 – 05:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:26 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:03 – 08:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:41 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:25 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:10 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:40 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:03 – 05:25 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:51 Pisces
- 04:51 – 06:30 Aries
- 06:30 – 08:27 Taurus
- 08:27 – 10:41 Gemini
- 10:41 – 12:58 Cancer
- 12:58 – 15:12 Leo
- 15:12 – 17:25 Virgo
- 17:25 – 19:42 Libra
- 19:42 – 21:59 Scorpio
- 21:59 – 00:03 next day Sagittarius
- 00:03 – 01:48 next day Capricorn
- 01:48 – 03:19 next day Aquarius
- 03:19 – 04:47 next day Pisces
- 04:47 – 05:25 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method